The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-01
SUSPICIOUS SIMILARITY
OPERATES To THE DISCOMFORT
eF MANY NEGROES.
A Number OF Arrests for the Pigeon
Roest Horror, but None
GeDuine.

Arrests fer tho dastardly outrage
upon the Nabors family, on the Pigeon
Roos! road, last Wednesday night,
continue. The officers are more guard.
ed, however, gs a result OF the excite
ment and threats over the arrested
suspects, Smith and Malone. The
number captured 30 far exceeds fifty,
but all have been released.
Capt. O'Hsver ard Mr.. John M
Nichols, OF Dyersbuig, brought a no.
gro named Randolph Jerry Haley
from that place Sunday morning, The
prisoner relates a story contradict ry
In several particulars, but thore ls little
likelihood of him being one OF the
parties impl Heated In the Majors out.
rage. Mr.. Nichols m lkes the follow.
ing statement concerning Haley:
'On Saturday found Haley In my
stable loft, where he had spent the
night, and as he answered to the pub.
lisned description d one cf the M.
bors's sssailants, / arrested him. He
had in his poke pistol, 81 rec cham
btrs of which had evidently been re-.
Gently empted, Soon after the arrest
was made colored man named Henry
Smith called me aside and Haley had
offered him the pistol to raise money
to get away upon. Smith also said
Haley told him that he and other par
ties had bqaten up an old man near
Memphis aud shot at some children.
They got a watch, but no money.
SIN tn, who gave N chols The tip,
came down yesterday morning, but got
lost aud never confronted Haley. L.
is probable that he heard people about
the dep talking OF the sfisir and
ee zsd upon the opportunity offered
by Haley to relieve his mind. The
prisoner ITALICS with the description OF
I'm escaped workhouse convict, and in
that respect may be an important
capture.
Capt. 0'Haver thinks Haley tough
negro, but not one of the men 80
eagerly sought. The pistol ref FRED TO
by Mr.. Nichols, according to experts,
has not been fired for six months.
Haley WIS taken out to the scene Of
the crime and col ftOnted with Mr..
and Mrs. Majors. The former said he
could not identify him as one OF the
assailants, and Mrs NaborB was posi-
tive that Haley was not the man who
shot at her. The later YVES a mulatto
and Haley il Of \ very dark brown
color. Capt. 0'Haver, during his alb
sence, also Investigated another case
Mt Newbern, Tenn. IL was reported
that a negro had disposed OF a watch
there, but It turned out TO be white
man, and the watch never belonged to
Majors.
ARRESTS YESTERDAY.
Carer Roberts, light mulatto me-
gro, was brought in from G,rnsnto wn
yesterday, by Deputy Ed Carroll, as a
suspect. II is said he was seen on the
bridge, near the sceae Of the ou rage,
on the evening IL occurred, with a
Ratchet In bis hand. Hs states he
was in town at the time. Roberts
claims he can prove by two men
name Hamer, one a fisherman and
the o her drayman, that he was in
town ON the night in question. The
men occupy room In a dive on the
southeast corner OF Exchange street
and the alley east OF Third, and Rob-
erts occupies their room when in the
city. Sheriff Cannon searched the
basement yesterday and found a meal
sack bespIinkled with blood, several
articles OF slverwsre, yariously mark.
ed and evidently stolen, some boIts
which At the measurements Of the
tracks supposed to have been made by
the scoundrels and one that might
easily have made the tracks left by the
Justi murderers. Roberts was taken
TO iail. and shortly afterwards tela.
phone message came 10 the Sher d .
tffice that il was clearly proven he
was not the man wanted.
Information also comGs OF three ar
rests vt Lu,u, Miss, and three are
sp tied at Middleton.
The following nGts from Henry
Lo b, dated at Greoada, speaks for
itself:
Me,srs. Harris and Hunter.
In yonf laudaOlo Z Il rts let me assist
ven 10 the extent 0t IS toward sppre-
hending the Intended murleTers Of
the Majors family. l ON v regret that
/ am not able to subscribe more lib.
orally,